Last 3 months headlines – Page 1072
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MoJ lags on data
The Ministry of Justice is well behind the prime minister’s transparency commitments for all departments to publish details of items of spending above £25,000.
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In-house to do more high-value work
The growth of in-house legal departments will slow and general counsel will take on more of the work traditionally provided by private firms, according to Julia Chain, MD at Huron Legal.
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‘Disturbing reduction’ in take-up of civil legal aid
The Legal Action Group calls on the government to increase the profile of civil legal aid services after figures show a huge shortfall in take-up this year.
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Font of inspiration
Obiter applauds any attempt to save taxpayers’ money in these austere times.
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Russian gold
Just as the Great Train Robbers needed a lawyer to help launder the money, so did the First Great Train Robbers, writes James Morton. They removed gold intended to pay soldiers in the Crimea from an apparently secure van on the London to Folkestone train on 15 May 1855. This ...
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Appeal court broadcasting rules drafted
The government has set out draft rules for broadcasting from the Court of Appeal.
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Criminal bar chair appointed
Nigel Lithman QC has been appointed chairman-elect of the Criminal Bar Association for 2013/2014.
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Practices rethink partnership
Only half of firms have reviewed their partnership structures ahead of proposals to overhaul the taxation of LLPs.
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Mentally vulnerable put at risk by ‘postcode lottery’
Mental health solicitors have accused the government of allowing a ‘postcode lottery’ to develop that deprives thousands of mentally vulnerable people of safeguards guaranteed by legislation. The solicitors claim that a ‘postcode lottery for patients’ has led to ‘wide regional variations’ in the use of safeguards implicit in the Mental ...
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Let 'glare of publicity' into family courts, says Munby
The president of the family division says there is a ‘pressing need’ for more transparency.
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Think beyond private practice, Dobbs advises graduates
Think beyond the ‘tall towers and ritzy premises’ of corporate law, a former high court judge tells prospective young lawyers.
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Grayling sets out new JR restrictions
The government has set out proposals that would limit who is entitled to apply for a judicial review.
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'This is best deal possible' - reaction to amended legal aid plans
Revised plans for criminal legal aid reform met with a mixed reaction, ranging from pragmatic acceptance to fears that miscarriages of justice could still follow.
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Grant admits claims management complaint move delay
Claims management complaints will not be brought under the Legal Ombudsman this year.
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Barrass to leave SRA for Gibraltar post
The SRA has suffered its second high-profile loss in the space of four months.
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UK judge defends ‘demonised’ Strasbourg court
UK courts have breathed new life into the European Convention on Human Rights, despite its ‘demonisation’, a senior judge says.
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Grayling confirms legal aid concessions
The justice secretary today published revised plans for criminal legal aid contracting.
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Grieve leads GLS recruitment drive
Attorney general urges careers advisers to promote government in-house working.
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It fell off the back of a lorry, honest
A book believed stolen from St Paul’s Cathedral has resurfaced – in a collection put up for sale by the Law Society.